[omniORB] Can omniORB be initialized twice by the same applic ation?

[Jean-Francois Tremblay]

Thank you very much!

Very Helpful :)

Theo Aukerman wrote:
> 
> I believe the omniORB documentation states that you can do this.
> 
> Further support is given by the first few lines of the (2.7.1) ORB_init
> routine pasted below.
> 
> ______________________________________________________
>   omni_mutex_lock sync(internalLock);
> 
>   if (!parse_ORB_args(argc,argv,orb_identifier)) {
>     throw CORBA::INITIALIZE(0,CORBA::COMPLETED_NO);
>   }
>   if (orb)
>     return CORBA::ORB::_duplicate(orb);
> ______________________________________________________
> 
> They lock a mutex (thread safety).
> If the orb has been initialized, they return a duplicate, rather than
> re-initialize.
> 
> I hope 2.8 and 3.0 behave similarly.
> 
> Theo
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jean-Francois Tremblay
> [mailto:Jean-Francois.Tremblay@discreet.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 7:45 AM
> To: Omniorb List
> Subject: [omniORB] Can omniORB be initialized twice by the same
> application?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> the title says it all! :)
> 
> Here's my problem I'm working on libraries that uses Corba that are
> required to build an application. But there is somebody else working on
> the same application which is already using Corba and thus initializing
> it. My library is not yet ready to be link to this application but I'm
> wondering if this (2 initializations) will be problematic to omniORB
> (2.7.1)?
> 
> Thanks for any advice?
> 
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